South America 2017

Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte gold project in the Cordillera del Condor near Loja, Ecuador. Credit: Lundin Gold.

News May 9, 2017

Ecuador snapshot: 10 active companies

VANCOUVER — The Ecuadorian government restructured its mining and tax policies in 2014 in a bid to bring back foreign investment that had fled the country in previous years. The move…

Drillers at Golden Arrow Resources Chinchillas silver-lead-zinc property in Argentina. Credit: Golden Arrow Resources

News May 8, 2017

Golden Arrow teams up with  Silver Standard in Argentina

Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV: GRG; US-OTC: GARWF) has jumped from an explorer to a silver producer in Argentina in a fairytale-esque way. It will receive a 25% stake in Silver…

Tesla’s Gigafatory near Sparks, Nevada, where the company began producing lithium-ion batteries in January. Credit: Tesla.

News May 5, 2017

Lithium producers ramp up

Lithium is heating up, with the price globally on the rise following higher demand. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates lithium production last year increased 12% due to a spike…

A drill site on Camino Minerals’ Los Chapitos copper project in Peru. Credit: Camino Minerals.

News May 4, 2017

Camino CEO on possible IOCG discovery at Los Chapitos

VANCOUVER — Camino Minerals (TSXV: COR; US-OTC: CAMZF) is off to a strong start at its newly acquired, 67 sq. km Los Chapitos copper property in southern Peru. Camino is the…

Management and visitors at a drill site targeting the Montagne d'Or gold deposit at Columbus Gold and Nordgold's Paul Isnard gold project in French Guiana. Credit: Columbus Gold

News, People in Mining May 3, 2017

Columbus Gold, Nordgold complete feasibility study

A bankable feasibility study on the Montagne d’Or deposit in French Guiana envisions an open-pit mining operation that would produce 2.57 million oz. gold over 12 years. Nordgold (LON: NORD),…